The Global Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Workforce.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

A core component of delivering care of head and neck diseases is an adequate workforce. The World Health Organization report, Multi-Country Assessment of National Capacity to Provide Hearing Care, captured primary workforce estimates from 68 member states in 2012, noting that response rates were a limitation and that updated more comprehensive data are needed.

Objective

To establish comprehensive workforce metrics for global otolaryngology-head and neck surgery (OHNS) with updated data from more countries/territories.

Design, setting, and participants

A cross-sectional electronic survey characterizing the OHNS workforce was disseminated from February 10 to June 22, 2022, to professional society leaders, medical licensing boards, public health officials, and

SUBMITTER: Petrucci B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10472262 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature